http://www.silicon.com Results for Bletchley Park en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39629409,00.htm The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers is credited with shortening the Second World War by two years. Most staff only knew as much as their role demanded - with intercepted messages passing through a chain of Wrens, cryptographers, translators... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39568562,00.htm The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany's military. The Foreign Secretary was speaking at the manor house at... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:13:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39554597,00.htm The Witch machine (shown here) is being restored by volunteers at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. They were among a gathering of more than 100 veteran codebreakers who last month returned to Bletchley Park, the site where the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39547915,00.htm After prolonged debate over its future, Bletchley Park - home of the World War II codebreakers who cracked the Enigma code used by the Nazis - is to receive lottery funding. Bletchley Park has won lottery funding editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39521546,00.htm Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week for Turing's conviction... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39513413,00.htm On Sunday these women and more than 100 other veteran codebreakers returned to Bletchley Park, where in 1939 the British began to decipher German military code which was created using the Enigma coder. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39509135,00.htm Volunteers at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park will rebuild the Witch machine (shown here) - a computer that was first used in 1951 for atomic research. See more photos from Bletchley Park here. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39507454,00.htm You can see more of the collection, which will go on display at Bletchley Park on the weekend of 5 and 6 of September, here. Photo credit: Bletchley Park August saw this futuristic-looking machine, the ULTra personal rapid transit (PRT) vehicle, on... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:16:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39500000,00.htm Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreakers during World War II, will get no financial support from the government after a petition calling for funding from Whitehall was rejected today. Bletchley Park is to receive no government funding (photo... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39489516,00.htm One of the world's largest collections of Enigma cipher machines - famous for being used by the Nazis to protect communications during the Second World War - is to go on display at Bletchley Park. Enigma and other vintage cipher machines from... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39465606,00.htm A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreaking during World War II. Simon Greenish, director of the Bletchley Park Trust, said the push for operational support was "very positive". editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39451702,00.htm The government is to give Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers a badge to commemorate their efforts during the war. The commemorative scheme, which will be open to all military and civilian personnel who served at Bletchley Park and its outstations... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:40:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39437306,00.htm The huts at Bletchley Park - which houses the National Museum of Computing and formerly played home to WWII codebreakers - are shown to be in a bad state of repair in this photo story. The Bletchley Trust reckons it needs about a further £2m to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39435095,00.htm The good news follows last week's blow to Bletchley Park, home to The National Museum of Computing, after the government refused a request for more funding to support the site while restoration work is carried out. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 26 May 2009 14:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39432537,00.htm The government has refused to stump up more cash to help Bletchley Park stay afloat until the museum can support itself. Other Lords echoed Baroness McIntosh's calls for more government cash for Bletchley, which was credited with planting the seeds... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 19 May 2009 16:38:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39429758,00.htm But today hut six, seen here, and hut three at Bletchley Park are rotting and boarded up after decades of neglect. After the codebreakers departed following World War II, Bletchley Park became home to a variety of training schools for teachers... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 11 May 2009 17:26:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39417040,00.htm In the concert, musician Matthew Applegate (shown here) - aka Pixelh8 - fused the sounds produced by early computer hardware into tunes at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, home of the World War II codebreakers. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39406832,00.htm The two bodies announced on Thursday that Bletchley Park, famous for its role in Allied codebreaking during WWII, will receive the funds over the next three years. Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday, Bletchley Park Trust... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:56:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39399129,00.htm In March musician Matthew Applegate, aka Pixelh8, will fuse the simple sounds produced by early computer hardware into tonal tunes in two concerts at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, home of the World War II codebreakers. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39401707,00.htm The classic radar tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for decades was back in action last month at The National Museum of Computing, housed at the WWII code-breaking centre Bletchley Park. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:15:02 +0000